15 football movies to get you into the Super Bowl spirit

Invincible

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Released: 2006 What you need to know: Cue the goosebumps. In this feel-good flick a 30-year-old bartender (Mark Wahlberg) gets a surprise chance to try out for the Philadelphia Eagles. READ MORE: Kanye says new album 'one' of the greatest of the year

Any Given Sunday

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Released: 1999 What you need to know: If you’ve been living under a rock, it stars Al Pacino and Cameron Diaz. Oh, and it’s directed by Oliver Stone. Easily one of the best football dramas out there. READ MORE: The 5 most cliched things that happened on The Bachelor this week

Rudy

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Released: 1993 What you need to know: How many other people watched this in Grade 8 guidance class? A young Sean Astin plays a kid from the wrong side of the tracks determined to play for Notre Dame. READ MORE: The mystery of Kim K and Amber Rose's selfie

All the Right Moves

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Released: 1983 What you need to know: In one of his first starring roles, Tom Cruise plays a star athlete desperate to score a football scholarship to escape his small town. READ MORE: Drake's already won 2016 with this Super Bowl ad

We Are Marshall

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Released: 2006 What you need to know: A pre-Oscar-winning Matthew McConaughey flexes his dramatic muscles in this story about a football team struggling to rebuild after a tragic plane crash. READ MORE: Join us on set with Izzy Azalea!

The Express

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Released: 2008 What you need to know: This drama loosely follows the life of Ernie Davis, college football star and the first black man to win the Heisman Trophy (awarded annually to the top college football player in the United States.) READ MORE: Kanye West's "Swish" tracklist announced

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Leatherheads

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Released: 2008 What you need to know: John Krasinski and George Clooney battle it out for Renée Zellweger’s affections in this 1920s-set comedy. READ MORE: 8 new shows you'll be binge watching on Netflix this winter

Friday Night Lights

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Released: 2004 What you need to know: No, it’s not the “Clear Eyes. Full Hearts. Can’t lose” version (that’s the must-watch TV show). But this movie about a town’s obsession with their state-bound high school team is equally as heart-wrenching. READ MORE: All the celebs who've started dating in 2016

The Longest Yard

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Released: 1974 What you need to know: Skip the 2005 Adam Sandler version for the 1974 original about a group of inmates who form a football team to challenge the prison guards. Burt Reynolds stars. READ MORE: 8 shows you'll be binge watching on Netflix this winter

The Blind Side

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Released: 2009 What you need to know: Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for this tearjerker about a woman who takes in a teen and helps him live out his dream of playing in the NFL. READ MORE: Channing Tatum shares sad news about one of his beloved pets

Jerry Maguire

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Released: 1996 What you need to know: “Show me the money!” Tom Cruise is a cynical sports agent who has a crisis of conscience and tries to make good. READ MORE: Kanye says new album 'one' of the greatest ever